St Mirren vs Dundee United - prediction, team news, lineups

St Mirren invited Dundee United to the SMISA Stadium connected Sunday for the last lucifer of the 2025-26 Scottish Premiership season. 

The hosts are confirmed to decorativeness successful the relegation playoff place, portion the visitors person already guaranteed their spot astatine the apical of the relegation radical table.

Match preview

St Mirren are confirmed to decorativeness 11th successful the Scottish Premiership, meaning they volition person to vie successful the relegation playoff to unafraid their top-flight survival. 

That marks an highly disappointing run for the Saints, having fallen from 3 consecutive top-half finishes to present facing a playoff lucifer to sphere their Scottish Premiership status.

St Mirren accumulated lone 33 points from their 37 league games to date, aft 8 wins, 9 draws and 20 defeats, leaving them 4 points down 10th-placed Kilmarnock with conscionable 1 crippled remaining. 

While their 11th-placed decorativeness is guaranteed, Craig McLeish volition beryllium anxious for his squad to physique connected their 2-0 triumph against Aberdeen successful midweek with different triumph connected Sunday, looking to physique momentum up of their upcoming playoff fixture.

Their visitors, Dundee United, person besides had their spot successful the Scottish Premiership array confirmed earlier the last league lucifer connected Sunday afternoon. 

Despite losing 2 and drafting 1 of their past 3 matches, pursuing a 3-0 triumph successful the opening post-split fixture, the Tangerines person managed to unafraid apical spot successful the relegation radical table. 

Jim Goodwin's broadside person 44 points from 37 league games, aft signaling 10 wins, 14 draws and 13 defeats, meaning they boast an insurmountable four-point pb implicit eighth-placed Aberdeen. 

Regardless of their guaranteed seventh-placed finish, Dundee United volition beryllium aiming to drawback their three-game winless streak connected the last day, and they volition gully assurance from their caller meetings with the Saints. 

The Tangerines person won 2 of their 3 encounters with St Mirren this term, including a 2-1 triumph successful their past clash successful March, though they did suffer 2-0 successful their past sojourn to the SMISA Stadium.

St Mirren Scottish Premiership form:

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Dundee United Scottish Premiership form:

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Team News

St Mirren are anticipated to beryllium without up to 8 players owed to injury, including Shamal George, Ryan Mullen, Keanu Baccus, Malik Dijksteel, Jonah Ayunga, Dan Nlundulu, Conor McMenamin, Declan John.

Craig McLeish's broadside defeated Aberdeen 2-0 successful midweek, and the manager whitethorn opt to sanction an unchanged broadside successful hunt of different triumph connected Sunday.

Dundee United are besides contending with respective injuries, including Ashley Maynard-Brewer, Isaac Pappoe, Luca Stephenson, Kristijan Trapanovski and Amar Fatah.

Will Ferry volition besides beryllium unavailable for enactment aft being called up to correspond Ireland, meaning Johnny Russell could diagnostic connected the near flank.

The Tangerines person failed to people successful immoderate of their past 3 matches, meaning Goodwin whitethorn marque attacking changes against St Mirren.

St Mirren imaginable starting lineup:

Sinclair; Donnelly, Gogic, Fraser; King, Campbell, O'Hara, Devaney, Freckleton; Phillips, Mandron

Dundee United imaginable starting lineup:

Richards; Iovu, Graham, Keresztes; Strain, Sevelj, Agyei, Russell; Dolcek, Sapsford; Watters

We say: St Mirren 1-0 Dundee United

St Mirren volition beryllium boosted by their 2-0 triumph past clip out, and with the Tangerines struggling successful caller matches, we are backing the location broadside to support their winning momentum with a victory.

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